Milling & Baking News - March 8, 2022 - 17

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Cargill shakes up leadership team
with four new executive changes
MINNEAPOLIS - Cargill has named
four new executive team members to
drive the company's innovation and sustainability
strategies and serve employee
and customer needs around the world.
Jennifer Hartsock joins Cargill and the
company's executive team as its new chief
information and digital officer (CIDO). Ms.
Hartsock was chief information officer
and a member of the executive leadership
team at Baker Hughes, one of the world's
largest oil field services companies. She
succeeds Justin Kershaw, who retires as
CIO after 10 years with the company.
Roger Watchorn is joining the
company's executive team as leader of
Cargill's Agriculture Supply Chains
(CASC) business, which also includes
the company's Ocean Transportation
and World Trading Group. He also will
lead the company's corporate trading
strategy. Since joining the company in
1994, Mr. Watchorn has held several
leadership roles throughout Cargill,
including his previous role as CASC
North America group leader. He succeeds
Joe Stone, who will retire after 37
years with the company.
Ross Hamou-Jennings is the company's
new chair of Asia Pacific. He has been
based in Singapore since 2002, leading
the global Trade & Capital Markets (TCM)
ADM in search of new CFO as Ray
Young moves up to vice chairman
CHICAGO - ADM has announced that
Ray G. Young, chief financial officer, will
assume the additional role of vice chairman,
in which he will provide strategic
counsel on major initiatives critical to
ADM's future success. Mr. Young plans to
transition from his role as CFO once his
successor is identified.
ADM will begin a search for the next
CFO, including internal and external
candidates with the assistance of a leading
independent search firm.
" Ray has significantly
contributed to ADM's
transformation into a global
leader in human and animal
nutrition and played a key
role in helping drive strong
financial performance and
providing financial flexibility
to support ADM's
growth agenda, " said Juan
Luciano, chairman and chief
executive officer of ADM.
business from Asia. In this new role,
Mr. Hamou-Jennings will join the executive
team and oversee the company's
customer-led strategy in Asia, as well as
its Metals, Risk Management and TCM
businesses. He succeeds Marcel Smits,
who will retire after nine years with the
company.
These three leadership changes will be
effective March 1.
Stephanie Lundquist is joining Cargill
as the company's new chief human
resources officer (CHRO) and a member of
its executive team. Ms. Lundquist spent
16 years with leading retailer and Cargill
customer, Target, most recently leading
the food and beverage business. She succeeds
Myriam Beatove, who joined Cargill
in 2009. This leadership change is effective
April 4. MBN
Mr. Young joined ADM in 2010 followYoung
Conagra
Brands adds Starbucks VP
of global supply chain to board
CHICAGO - George Dowdie, executive
vice president of global supply chain at
Starbucks Corp., has been named a member
of the board of directors of Conagra
Brands, Inc., effective March 1. Mr. Dowdie's
appointment brings the total members
on Conagra's board to 13.
" Conagra and our shareholders will
benefit from George's extensive leadership
experience in supply chain management
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and research and development
within the food and
beverage sector, " said Richard
H. Lenny, chair, Conagra
Brands.
As executive vice president
of global supply chain
Mr. Dowdie is responsible
for Starbucks' end-to-end
supply chain, including
ing a 24-year tenure with General Motors
Co., during which he held executive leadership
positions in finance, general management,
planning and operations
on four continents.
He served in Shanghai as
vice president of GM International
Operations, and in
2008 and 2009, he was CFO
of General Motors. Between
2004 and 2007, he was the
president and managing
director of GM do Brasil and
Mercosur Operations, based
in São Paulo. MBN
Dowdie
procurement, manufacturing and distribution,
as well as critical quality and
food safety initiatives. He also has worked
as senior vice president of
global food safety, quality
and regulatory at Starbucks.
Prior to joining Starbucks in
2013, Mr. Dowdie was senior
vice president of global
R&D and quality at Campbell
Soup Co. Earlier in his
career he held leadership
roles at Joseph E. Seagram &
Sons and Frito-Lay. MBN
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